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Image caption: “Recovery Rocks” is available on all major podcast platforms.<\/em><\/p>\n
But for many authors, the emotional terrain behind this trend is far from new.<\/p>\n
Nearly two decades ago, Anna David explored addiction, denial and recovery in her novel \u201cParty Girl,\u201d which centered on a young woman navigating the highs of Hollywood party culture and the long, complicated road back from substance dependence. Before that, Marian Keyes\u2019 hilariously covered an Irish girl\u2019s journey through alcoholism, rehab and recovery in her classic novel \u201cRachel\u2019s Holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both \u201cRachel\u2019s Holiday\u201d and \u201cParty Girl\u201d arrived well before the explosion of what is now known as \u201cQuit Lit\u201d – a category that has since grown to include bestselling memoirs such as \u201cWe Are the Luckiest\u201d by Laura McKowen, \u201cHow to Murder Your Life\u201d by Cat Marnell, \u201cQuit Like a Woman\u201d by Holly Whitaker, \u201cGirl Walks Out of a Bar\u201d by Lisa Smith and \u201cSober Curious\u201d by Ruby Warrington.<\/p>\n
But while recovery memoir has flourished over the past decade, novels about addiction and sobriety remains comparatively rare. Both Keyes and David offered fictional stories that explored the psychology of denial, the seduction of nightlife and the messy process of getting sober with a dose of humor and lightness not always attainable in memoir.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to write a novel rather than a memoir because it felt like a memoir would just be too earnest,\u201d David says. \u201cI knew it would be much easier to make fun of the main character if it wasn\u2019t just a straight \u2018this happened, then this happened, then this happened\u2019 sort of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a nearly decade-long hiatus, David is now returning to the mainstream recovery conversation as co-host of the Signal award winning podcast \u201cRecovery Rocks,\u201d along with \u201cGirl Walks Out of a Bar\u201d author Smith. The podcast, which Smith originally created and co-hosted with \u201cDry Humping\u201d author Tawny Lara, explores the lived experience behind sobriety\u2019s cultural evolution. It features interviews with authors and other leaders in the recovery movement.<\/p>\n
As sober social life continues to attract mainstream attention, \u201cRecovery Rocks\u201d is one of the many resources out there that addresses various aspects of recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amount of content available today for people struggling with addiction is mind-boggling,\u201d David says. \u201cIt\u2019s been amazing to watch recovery make its way to the mainstream.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRecovery Rocks\u201d is available on all major podcast platforms.<\/p>\n